EFFECT OF FERTILIZER APPLICATION ON VEGETATIVE GROWTH CHARACTERS OF BROAD BEAN (VICIA FABA L.)

ABSTRACT: The investigation was conducted at the field crops department, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, to study the effect of different application of Chemical and natural manures on the growth and development of broad bean as a module legume crops. The experiment was run, in the pots of 10L size, with 3 replicates in CRD for 6 levels of chemicals and natural manures, including the control (normal soil). The results indicated the significant different between all the treatment means with LSD comparison. Manure fertilization for 50% and 30% were the best applications for all characteristics studied especially the root growth and the Rizobium bacterial nodulation. The applications of higher performance for this experiment were recommended as a good substitution for chemical fertilizer to reduce the agricultural production input and better corporation of Nitrogen fixation with the less pollution and higher yield